Shade-holder.



I Patented Aug. 5, 1902. T. B. NOWLIN.

SHADE Human.

(Appl canon. filed Apr. 25, 1899.)

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

THOMAS BLAIR NOWLIN, OF SAXTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHADE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0- 706,093, dated August5, 190 2.

. Application filed April25;1899. Serial No. 714,399; (No model.)

To all'whom it may concern.-

' Be it known .that L'THoMAs BLAIR Now- LIN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Saxton, in the county of Bedfcrd and-State ofPennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Shade-Holdersand- Ourtain-Poles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to fixtures for window shades and curtains,and'has for its object to provide an inexpensive and reliable devicewhereby a shade may be fitted to windows of varying widths withoutcutting it and a lace curtain be readily hung to suit the position ofthe shade.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction andnovelties of combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will befully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective view showing the upper part of a window and frame equippedwith a shade-holder and curtainbracket constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of one of the combinedshade-fixtures and ourtain-pole supports.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts wherever they occur in thefigures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A indicates the shade-fixture,consisting of a single piece of sheet metal bent forward at its outerend, forming a flange B at right angles,

to the body of the fixture, in which flange is formed the bearing (J forthe pintle of the shade-roller. The lower edge is bent forward andupward, as at O, and an ear or lug D is provided at the center of theupper edge in the same plane as the body and the upper edge, on eachside of the ear D, bent reversely to the lower edge,as shown at E, thetwo edges thus forming flanges to inclose the upper and lower edges of astrip H, whichjmay be slid-.

able therein.

The end flange B abuts against the outer end of flanges G and E, formingan outer end finish and preventing the strip H from slip ping endwisewhen the fixture is in position.

The fixtures may be secured to the windowframe by screws or nailsthrough lugs or cars D, or the strip H may be secured tothe'window-frame and the fixture adjusted thereon to the width of theshade and secured.

I indicates a bracket secured to the flange B and provided with a curvedseat J for a curtain-pole K.

By means of this invention the fixtures can be adjusted to suit thewidth of the shade, and the pole-brackets are adjusted with thefixtures, and the curtain may be readily pulled aside without danger'ofthe balls leaving the bore in the pole.

While I have illustrated and described what I consider to be the bestmeans now known to me for carrying out my invention, I do not wish to beunderstood as restricting myself to the exact forms and constructionsshown, as many slight changes therein or varlatlons therefrom mightsuggest themselves to the or-' dinary mechanic, all of which would beclearly included within the limit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a windowshade fixture comprising aplate having a perforated attachingear projecting centrally from itsupper edge, and at its upper edge on each side of said attaching portionbent forwardly and downwardly, and at its lower edge bent forwardly andupwardly, thus forming two flanges upon the front face of the platehaving grooves formed therein, the portion of the plate projectingbeyond the ends of said flanges being bent forward at right anglesthereto so as to close the outer end thereof and formed with'a slotextending downwardly from itsupper edge, and an arm secured to the bentend portion of the plate and extending upwardly and forwardly and formedat its upper end with a curved seat and twisted adj acent to said seatso'that the latter is formed of the flat portion of the arm,substantially as described.

THOMAS BLAIR NOWLIN.

